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Hester by Laurie Lico AlbaneseArriving in Salem from Scotland in the early 1800s, Isobel, left penniless and alone by her husband in a strange country, is instantly drawn to Nathaniel Hawthorne, and as they grow closer and closer, they are a muse and a dark storyteller, the enchanter and the enchanted.
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Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa FuSettling in America years after his turbulent childhood in China, Renshu, now Henry Dao, refuses to talk to his daughter about her heritage, determined to keep her safe in this new land despite being weighed down by his history.
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Isola by Allegra GoodmanInspired by a real 16th-century heroine, an orphaned and betrayed young woman, Marguerite, is marooned on a desolate island with her lover, where she must confront nature's harshness and her own strength in a desperate fight for survival.
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Diva by Daisy GoodwinThis novel describes the scandalous love affair between the legendary opera singer, Maria Callas, and the fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, whose relationship ended suddenly with the shocking news that he was to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.
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The Women by Kristin HannahIn 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words “Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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The Henna Artist by Alka JoshiEscaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist, and confidante, most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own.
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The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline MartinAs bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler's forces surround the city, childhood friends Marta and Janina join the war effort using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature; fighting to preserve their culture and community, and finding hope in each other in order to survive.
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The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-GarciaIn 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary heroine, she becomes the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
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Black Butterflies by Priscilla MorrisZora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother safely to England but stays in Sarajevo to fight and rebuild as the city fractures along ethnic lines during the Balkan conflict in 1992.
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Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher MurrayIn 1919 Harlem, literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset is at the forefront of a Black cultural renaissance, discovering talents like Langston Hughes and Nella Larsen, but her ambition and a secret affair with W.E.B. Du Bois threaten her legacy.
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa SeeSent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in 15th-century China.
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen SimonsonIn the summer of 1919, Constance, sent as a lady's companion to Hazelbourne-on-Sea, is welcomed by Poppy Wirrall, a baronet's daughter who runs a ladies' motorcycle club. As the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peace, the club realizes the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked.
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The Lotus Shoes by Jane YangIn 19th-century China, Little Flower, a maidservant with bound feet and a rare talent for embroidery, navigates life under the cruel daughter of the Fong family. When scandal casts them both into the Celibate Sisterhood, her newfound status attracts deadly risks and tests of loyalty.
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